Numbers 23:6
4 And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.
- KJV
- And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
- WEB
- He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
- ASV
- And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
- DARBY
- And he returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
- BLB
- And he returned to him, and behold, he is standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.
- ÅB
- Da han kom tilbake, så han Balak stå ved sitt brennoffer sammen med alle Moabs høvdinger.
- OTB
- Bileam vendte tilbake til Balak, som sto ved sitt offer sammen med alle Moabs ledere.
- B1930
- Da han kom tilbake, så han Balak stå ved sitt brennoffer sammen med alle Moabs høvdinger.